Estonian Knighthood House

Estonia[1] was occupied by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a religious order of German nobles, in the 13th century.

The Estonian Knighthood House was the building where the Knights met and held their festivities and where their peerage register was kept.

The present building in Renaissance Revival style was designed by the architect Georg Winterhalter (1822–1894) and built in the years 1845-1848.

After 2000 the art collection was gradually returned to the restored Kadriorg Palace and the newly built Kumu (an abbreviation of Kunstimuuseum).

In 2016 the Estonian Academy of Arts will move into a reconstructed historical factory building in the Kalamaja quarter at the corner of Kotzebue tänav and Põhja puiestee.